Analysis of Conflicts in Serve for China: Through the Lens of Social Acceleration Theory

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10.2991/assehr.k.211220.135How to use a DOI?

Keywords

social entrepreneurship; organizational behaviors; social acceleration; alienation

Abstract

A dynamic and critical reflection on social entrepreneurship and social enterprise could enhance the understanding of the contradictions that are inherent to this field. We use Hartmut Rosa’s critical theory of social acceleration to analyze the internal conflicts of an elite non-profit organization, Serve for China (SFC), which is focused on poverty alleviation in China. The analysis considers three perspectives: motivation for joining the SFC, the SFC model and criticism against it, and the consequences of alienation in an “acceleration society.” This study highlights that social enterprises easily overlook humanistic entrepreneurship (a condition for creating harmonious resonance), philanthropic methods (a type of deceleration in reaction to acceleration), and their potential functions in the acceleration society.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Shuhui Pan
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - Analysis of Conflicts in Serve for China: Through the Lens of Social Acceleration Theory
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 787
EP  - 792
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.135
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.135
ID  - Pan2021
ER  -